Stereotypical Sexism

[Sea Change]

No: HPFGUIDX 88960

Lynn said:

[snip by Sea Change]

it has seemed to me that the WW
> would always be far behind Muggle traditions,
> primarily because lifespans are so much longer.

[major snippage as Lynn goes into sociological theory]

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Sea Change replies:

Other folks have used this in relation to the thread on why or why not
Christianity should affect the WW, and my reasoning is the same.

One of the reasons that American culture rockets along is the mass
influx of immigrants we get.  WW culture gets a similar influx from
wizards born to muggles. It doesn't even matter if it doesn't happen
too often per capita, because several muggle generations happen within
one wizard one, and there are so *many* more muggles than wizards.

One could suppose that this is not such an influence as these folks
are discrimiated against.  This is possible, but if so, then
democracy, parliament, and the Act of Union are only 2 to 3
generations old.  All of these things seem to have a strong underlying
affect on what's going on at Hogwarts today.


Sea Change, who was born late in his parents lives, and so is one to
two generations off most of his kin.